Cute ways to tell your parents about grandbaby on the way?

bubbs147 · February 2011

My sister is trying to figure out a creative way to tell our folks that she is pregnant, and we need some help! Any suggestions?

Mrs.BoomBoom · February 2011

We met my mom at the airport with a big sign that said "Welcome Grandma"

KellyMRocks · February 2011

For #2 we told most of our family with a t-shirt on big brother. Except, the person I was most excited about telling was my mom and G said, "Mommy has a baby in her tummy!" the minute she walked in the door. LOL.

Lexi & Orion's Mommy · February 2011

sonagram picture in a nice "grandparents" frame.

Wear a t-shirt that says Im PG and see how long it takes to figure out?

Ask about what they are doing next fall and see if they are availble for baby sitting?

StefandTodd · February 2011

Well, since we're crazed dog people and our dog is our "baby," we got him a "I'm gonna be a Big Brother" t-shirt, and he ran into the house ahead of us. Once they'd read it, we gave them an u/s picture and little newborn baby booties with birds on them (b/c my H calls his mom "bird")...It was fun.

My mom and dad we just called and told.

Go Dux · February 2011

We just told with our first over the phone.

With our second, we created a slideshow of DD throughout the year or so, and then added to welcome our newest addition later in the year.

Mrs. Alicia French · February 2011

I gave my dad a "present"...it was a World's Best Grandpa shirt. He opened it and seeing his face turn as he figured it out was priceless!

love22 · February 2011

A ridiculously long list I got from the nest years ago...

CREATIVE AND/OR CHEESY WAYS TO ANNOUNCE PREGNANCY


WAYS TO TELL DH

Put an ?I?m the big brother/sister? shirt on your first child, pet, etc.

Get a bunch of pink & blue balloons and some that say "it's a boy/girl" and 
let them loose in the hallway before he comes home.

Buy a rattle and leave a note on it saying "Sorry to rattle you, but we're 
having a baby!"

Bake cupcakes and write one letter of ?I?m Pregnant? on each cupcake, then 
mix them up and serve them.

Write "Hi, Daddy!" in a speech bubble (using washable marker) coming out of 
her belly button and let him find it

Put some tiny baby-sized shoes inside his, and let him find them when he?s 
getting ready for work.

Take a picture of the HPT and put it on his computer's screen saver...wait 
for him to find it

Make a dinner of baby back ribs, baby carrots, Dad?s root beer to drink, and 
pudding (in a baby food jar) for dessert, and wait for him to figure out the 
theme

Give him the book ?My Boys Can Swim,? an ?I Love Daddy? bib, an infant-sized 
jersey of his favorite team, or a onesie with a cute message ("Who's Your 
Daddy?" Star Wars, "Worth the wait," etc.)

Put a hamburger bun in the oven and tell DH that the oven is making a weird 
noise. Let him open the oven, find the bun, and figure it out.

Make him a basket of baby-related foods: POP Tarts, Sugar DADDIES, POPcorn, 
DAD?s root beer, etc.

Order Chinese food and replace the fortune in his fortune cookie with ?You 
will become a father on (EDD)?.

If there are ?Expectant Mother? parking spaces in your area, drive somewhere 
with DH as the passenger and park in one. When he says, ?Wait, we can?t park 
here? say, ?Oh, yes we can!?

Have a pizza delivered, but call ahead and have them spell out ?DAD? in 
olives or some other topping on the pizza.

Book a meal at your favorite restaurant and order a half-bottle of 
champagne. When it arrives, explain that you won't be drinking alcohol for a 
while as you give a meaningful pat to your tummy (this could also be done 
over a romantic meal at home).

Go to a sporting or other event and have him congratulated over the PA 
system or on the big screen.

Put ?pickles and ice cream? on the grocery list.

Buy a Father?s Day card when they?re available (even if you?re not expecting 
yet)?when you find out you?re pregnant, give him the card (and a gift, if 
you want) and tell him it?s HIS ?Father?s Day?.

When you go out to eat or for ice cream, order MUCH more than you usually 
do, or something way more fattening than you normally do. When he mentions 
it, tell him you?re eating for two now!

Ask him to make dinner, and leave out some spaghetti, meat, and a jar of 
Prego sauce. Tape on a strip of paper that says, ?(Your Name) is?? above the 
word ?Prego? on the jar. (If he doesn?t notice, call out from the other room 
asking him what kind of sauce he?s using and try to draw his attention to 
it.)

Tell him there aren?t enough recent photos of the two of you together. Take 
a full-length one with a digital or Polaroid camera (so you can both look at 
it right away), show it to him, and tell him this is the first picture of 
the ?three of you.? (This would be a great first photo for the baby?s book!)

Take him out to dinner and pre-arrange with the waiter to serve his beverage 
in a baby bottle, put a high chair at your table, or list the specials as, 
?Baby back ribs with a side of baby carrots and a tall glass of Dad?s Root 
Beer.?

Wear a shirt from franklypregnant.com or another maternity shirt site 
(?Knocked up,? ?Baby? with arrow pointing at belly, etc.) and greet him at 
the door when he comes home, or show up at his workplace.

For Valentine?s Day:

? Get him a Valentine from the baby

? Get a bunch of boxes of those conversation hearts and keep only ones with 
phrases including ?baby? on them?put them all in one box so it looks new and 
see if he notices the theme when he eats them.

? Make the baby-themed dinner as a Valentine?s Day celebration dinner

? Take him out for a nice dinner. Tell the waiter to set up a high chair at 
your table before you get there. When DH asks why it?s there, tell him you 
just wanted to see what it will be like when you go out NEXT Valentine?s 
Day.

For Christmas:

? Get one of the Hallmark ?parents to be? or stork w/ baby ornaments and 
hand it to him to put on the tree when you?re decorating it together.

? Leave a ?note from Santa? in his stocking, saying that he?s been such a 
good husband (or father, if you have other kids) this year that he will be 
getting the best gift of all?but it will take 9 months for delivery.

? Get him a video camera as his gift, and then tell him you want to try it 
out. (Have a video already inside). Videotape him while you tell him the big 
news!

For Easter:

? Make him an Easter basket with all pink and blue plastic eggs. Fill them 
with chocolates from www.colorworks.com or www.saywhatchocolates.com, 
personalized with your big news as the message. Or, fill them all with 
regular candy except one, in which you can put the baby poem or a pacifier.

? There?s an Easter Baby/Dough Baby recipe that you can find online?it?s a 
traditional Italian Easter cookie (that doesn?t look anything like a baby, 
btw). Make them for him and tell him what they are.

? Make him an Easter basket of things he would normally like (tools, 
favorite candies, sports stuff, whatever) and then, under all the fake 
plastic grass, include a ?World?s Greatest Dad? or similar keychain.



Ways to tell Family & Friends

Pull out a baby name book at a gathering and just start asking what people 
think of different names

Take a photo of you and DH holding a sign saying ?We?re having a baby!? and 
send it out

Get silver fortune cookies from Lenox (or real ones) and put your own 
fortunes inside: ?You will be a grandma?, etc.

Take a group photo of everyone at a gathering?instead of saying ?Say 
cheese!?, say, ?Say ___ is pregnant!? and get a photo of everyone?s reaction 
(or, say, ?Say January 4th!? or whatever the due date is, and when they ask 
why, don?t say anything?take a photo as it dawns on them)

Wear a T-shirt from franklypregnant.com

Put a framed poem or ?Baby _________ due EDD? at the bottom of a huge box, 
fill it with pink and blue balloons, and wrap it up as a gift for the new 
grandparents.

Go to one of those places where you make your own pottery, and paint plates 
that say ?Congratulations, Grandma/pa!? on them. Serve your parents dinner 
on their special plates.

Give out chocolates with personalized wrappers announcing the big news: 
www.saywhatchocolates.com

Bring a dish to a family gathering with ?We?re having a baby!? printed on 
it?as the food gets eaten, see who notices the message that appeared!

Set up the nursery and then invite them over. Give them a ?tour? (if the 
house isn?t new, tell them you?ve added/changed a few things) and save the 
nursery for last. Open the door and say, ?And this is the baby?s room!?

Grandparents? Association Membership letter:

Dear Grandparents Name
Congratulations! You have been selected to become a member of a very 
prestigious club. There are some requirements to becoming a member including 
but not limited to:
Loving
Hugging
Spoiling
Teaching
Holding
Playing
Laughing
Did we say spoiling
Should you choose to become a member you will receive your personalized 
membership card and your very own custom grandchild in September 2005.
Sincerely,
The Grandparents? Association
Membership Has Its Privileges

Go out to dinner and have the waiter announce your pregnancy as one of the 
?specials.? Or, have the waiter bring out pickles & ice cream for dessert 
and put it in front of you.

If recently married, show your wedding album/scrapbook?on the last page, put 
the +HPT date, a photo of the HPT, and the words ?to be continued?? Wait for 
them to get there!

Put an ?I?m the big brother/sister? shirt on your first child, pet, etc.

Send the grandparents pink/blue flowers on behalf of the baby, with a card 
that says ?See you in ___!?

Frame the first ultrasound

Send/hand out ?Birthday Party? invitations, with the new baby?s name and 
EDD, the hospital where he/she will be born, and a note saying that he/she 
has a lot of growing to do between now and then!

Make a pretend movie ad: ?Baby ____, Coming to a Crib Near You on (EDD)!? 
List you and DH as the producers.

Bring cupcakes with pink/blue icing to a gathering

Make a compilation CD of songs with ?Baby? in the title and give it as a 
gift, or play it while in the car with them. See if they notice the theme!

Go to www.wheeloffortune.com and make a puzzle with the question ?Guess 
what?? and the answer ?____________ is pregnant!?

Go ?trick or treating? at relatives? houses for Halloween, dressed as a very 
pregnant mom (pillows under your shirt) and an excited dad with a video 
camera (taping their reactions)

For New Year?s Eve, write a ?prediction? about each person for the New Year, 
and put it inside a balloon (?You will become an aunt.? ?You will become a 
grandmother.? etc.). Blow them all up, with the one for you saying you?ll 
have a baby on EDD, and then have each person pop their balloon at midnight. 
Pop yours last and read it aloud when everyone has the idea.

Get one of those picture frames where you can record a 10-second message, or 
make a Build-a-Bear with a voice box, and record the baby?s heartbeat. Give 
them the frame with ?Baby _______ due ___? printed inside, or the bear in a 
bag with tissue paper.

On Thanksgiving, have everyone go around the table and say what they?re 
thankful for. When it?s your turn, say you?re thankful for the new baby. Or, 
offer to say grace and include the baby in the prayer.

For Thanksgiving, make a card with the ?Top 5 Things to be Thankful for This 
Year.? Put the first 4 on the outside, and then list the news as #1 on the 
inside (with an ultrasound photo, if you have one)

For Christmas, sneak a tiny pink/blue stocking onto the mantle along with 
everyone else?s, and wait for someone to notice

Send out Christmas cards and sign them with both of your names + Baby 
Lastname (due EDD)

Get your parents a ?grandparents? ornament for their tree as one of their 
gifts

Send out cards from www.fetalgreetings.com

On Christmas Day, someone?s b-day, etc. say you?re going to get their 
present, then walk back in with a big bow around your belly

For Easter:

? Make them an Easter basket with all pink and blue plastic eggs. Fill them 
with chocolates from www.colorworks.com or www.saywhatchocolates.com, 
personalized with your big news as the message. Or, fill them all with 
regular candy except one, in which you can put the baby poem or a pacifier.

? There?s an Easter Baby/Dough Baby recipe that you can find online?it?s a 
traditional Italian Easter cookie (that doesn?t look anything like a baby, 
btw). Make them for them and tell them what they are.

Mock Mastercard commercial on a greeting card (alter it to fit your 
needs/situation)

Outside: Card: $2
Postage: 34c
Film developing: $8
Inside: Telling you there are 3 people in this picture... priceless. (Put a 
pic of you and DH there, maybe holding a sign that says ?Baby Lastname, due 
EDD? or ?Congratulations?you?re going to be a grandma/pa!?)

Frame this poem:
I do not have a face to see,
Or put inside a frame.
I do not have soft cheeks to kiss,
I don't yet have a name.
You can't yet hold my tiny hands,
Nor whisper in my ear.
It's still too soon to sing a song,
Or cuddle me so near.
But all will change come (month due),
That?s when they say I'm due.
I'm your new grandson or grandaughter;
I can't wait till I meet you.
All I ask between now and then
Is your patience while I grow.
I promise I'll be worth the wait,
Because of all the love we'll know.
So what I have to give you now,
Is a wish to you from me.
I cannot wait to be a part
Of this wonderful family.

Mystery2B · February 2011

We made a Mothers Day card with 4 tiered pages - the first page said "happy mothers day, a little late"

Second page said "but we're early wishing you a happy thanksgiving"

3rd page"But you have to wait till Nov for to hold the special order"

4th page: Baby Mystery estimated due date with a sonogram pic

Those were the approx. words - my mom carried it around and showed it to EVERYONE.

green*eyes · February 2011

We gave my mom a present for her b-day (which happened to coincide with when we found out I was pg) -- a skein of "baby soft" yarn with a picture of baby booties on it. She got it immediately!

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